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and 2012 was the third worst year on record for wildfires in the southwestern united states. in our science wednesday report, meet a climatologist who says the two extreme phenomena could be related. plus, what's so funny about monetary policy? on making sense, find the final installment of our humor and economics series. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll talk with former vice president al gore about his new book "the future" and much more. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions capti
and 2012 was the third worst year on record for wildfires in the southwestern united states. in our science wednesday report, meet a climatologist who says the two extreme phenomena could be related. plus, what's so funny about monetary policy? on making sense, find the final installment of our humor and economics series. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll talk with former vice president...
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states an american public here in the united states. he said it before in afghanistan and actually left office and let the democratic process go forward and elections go forward and the afghan people finally since, what, the 70s are able to choose their own leader. >> brown: you brought up the question of this immunity earlier in the discussion. this would be after 2014 with what u.s. personnel, military personnel are left. did you sense that that was resolved somehow or at least just aired. >> i think it was more than aired. i think that president karzai actually said that this can be handled and we will move forward and inn discussing this and taking care of it. i can't imagine that he would backtrack on that i think i would defer total was door on this that his overall focus on protecting afghanistan sovereignty, and it doesn't extend to this issue to that extend. >> brown: waz do you think? is this a big issue there. >> actually the strategic bip that we signed with the united states moved quickly despite the complication our parlia
states an american public here in the united states. he said it before in afghanistan and actually left office and let the democratic process go forward and elections go forward and the afghan people finally since, what, the 70s are able to choose their own leader. >> brown: you brought up the question of this immunity earlier in the discussion. this would be after 2014 with what u.s. personnel, military personnel are left. did you sense that that was resolved somehow or at least just...
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it's also the point of departure for global support for the united states and respect for the united states. >> brown: when he brings up climate change though through security, that's what he's talking about? >> exactly. but i do suspect as a practical matter he's going to be more preoccupied with potential strategic challenges. in the middle east, first of all and that involves a whole gambit of issues, in our relations with china, potentialfully our relations with russia and the growing problem of how do we structure an effective alliance with europe. and these the kind of issues that require a lot of patience and intelligence and a good team my last point is i think i now see a single team in the area of foreign affairs headed by the president. with his new choice for chief domestic advisor who happens to have been in the n.f.c. for the last four years, then with mr. don len, with mr. kerry, with mr. hagel and mr. brennan, that's a cohesive team. so now we've had two teams, a white house team and the secretary of state's team. this is now a single team. i think it's going to be fo
it's also the point of departure for global support for the united states and respect for the united states. >> brown: when he brings up climate change though through security, that's what he's talking about? >> exactly. but i do suspect as a practical matter he's going to be more preoccupied with potential strategic challenges. in the middle east, first of all and that involves a whole gambit of issues, in our relations with china, potentialfully our relations with russia and the...
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hasn't attacked the united states. well, before 9/11, 2011, we hadn't been attacked on our homeland since, i guess, the war of 1812 and pearl harbor. so you can't say, well, because they haven't done something, they're not going to do it. his notnly a terrist syndicate; it is a criminal enterprise. >> ifill: the secretary also said the recent crisis at a natural gas plant in algeria is more evidence of the growing threat of a.q.i.m. islamist militants seized the site last week, and the algerian military struck back. the algerian government says at least 37 foreign hostages were killed, including three americans. clinton acknowledged many questions remain about that incident. >> let me offer our deepest condolences to theamilies of the amecansnd ll the people from many nations who were killed and injured in that recent hostage crisis. we are in close touch with the government of algeria. we stand ready to provide assistance. we are seeking to gain a fuller understanding of what took place so we can work together with al
hasn't attacked the united states. well, before 9/11, 2011, we hadn't been attacked on our homeland since, i guess, the war of 1812 and pearl harbor. so you can't say, well, because they haven't done something, they're not going to do it. his notnly a terrist syndicate; it is a criminal enterprise. >> ifill: the secretary also said the recent crisis at a natural gas plant in algeria is more evidence of the growing threat of a.q.i.m. islamist militants seized the site last week, and the...
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citizens united in the mix. we also at the same time have these operatives who run these groups, have become very good at setting them up with nothing to do this year. so it's kind of a perfect storm >> woodruff: you also talked to them, jim, i saw in your reporting. for all the money that was spent against president obama last year, that was a campaign that wasn't successful. you talked to them about that and about why they think it's worth theirñr money this time. >> first of all in the case of sheldon addalson he told the wall street journal a few weeks ago easy come easy go basically. i'm in the gambling busy and you lose sometimes. for him, this is chump change. he probably didn't even notice the $100 million or so that he reportedly spent out of his bank account. but others like foster frees who is a big investor out of the west he wants to keep spending. he believes what he believes. they do know that they lost and didn't get what they wanted for their money so they're going to think about tactics going
citizens united in the mix. we also at the same time have these operatives who run these groups, have become very good at setting them up with nothing to do this year. so it's kind of a perfect storm >> woodruff: you also talked to them, jim, i saw in your reporting. for all the money that was spent against president obama last year, that was a campaign that wasn't successful. you talked to them about that and about why they think it's worth theirñr money this time. >> first of all...
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soldiers in units fighting further north say the islamist fighters are well-armed and many of them very young. in the gendarmery in sevare, an officer brought out a 16-year- old he said had been captured near douentza, a town the jihadists had occupied until last week. the boy said he'd just been looking for work. >> ( translated ): they gave us clothes and shoes. we syed wi them, cooking for them. after a few days, one team of mutra hadeem went out to fight, but we stayed to cook for the others. >> reporter: he seemed bewildered. "i never carried a weapon," he said, "and my friend and i ran away when the fighting started." >> ( translated ): when the mutra hadeem left to give food to their colleagues at the checkpoints, we realized that we had to leave. when we were walking, we came face to face with a patrol of the malian army. they started asking us questions. when they realized that we stayed with the mutra hadeems, they took us with them to gendarmery to find out more abo us. >> reporter: on a barren wasteland across town, a sign that both sides in this war can be cruel. and civili
soldiers in units fighting further north say the islamist fighters are well-armed and many of them very young. in the gendarmery in sevare, an officer brought out a 16-year- old he said had been captured near douentza, a town the jihadists had occupied until last week. the boy said he'd just been looking for work. >> ( translated ): they gave us clothes and shoes. we syed wi them, cooking for them. after a few days, one team of mutra hadeem went out to fight, but we stayed to cook for the...